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TRAINING: Drupal 7 Layout & Theming (June 23-24, 2016)

During this in-depth introduction to front end development with Drupal 7, you'll learn how to develop custom themes that format content for both desktop and mobile devices (responsive design). You'll learn how to deploy popular modules to configure the output on your site with Context, saving you hours in theming time. You will also learn how to add interactivity to your site by using jQuery widgets.

The procedures are introduced step-by-step and then reinforced with practice and challenges. You will write a theme from scratch, and customize it throughout the first day. In day 2 you'll practice making two more themes based on two popular base theme systems, one a theme customizable with CSS and another -a responsive theme. Extensive code samples, image and CSS samples are provided; as are examples of the "stages" of the themes so you keep track of your progress.

You will also learn to use popular modules to configure the output on your site. For example to configure "sections" on your site with Context, saving your hours in theming time. You will learn how to implement jQuery in Drupal from scratch, as well as seeing the popular contributed modules which implement jQuery.

Your instructors will help guide your through the process of establishing this new way of working. You'll look at case studies of websites and reflect on your own experience to take the procedures you learn here back into your own work and any new situations you encounter.